From: "Joe Barr" 

On Wed, 05 Feb 2003 00:14:26 +0100, Peter Sawatzki wrote:

>
> MS was always able to compete on it's own merits and it still is. Hmm,
> wasn't it a Microsoft Z-80 card I was using in my Apple ][ years ago? Fine
> product! Isn't Office still king on the Mac ?
>
> Peter

MS on a Z-80.  It boggles the mind.

Still, all MS has to show for all of its huge endeavors outside its core
monopolies are huge losses.  How many years has MSN been bleeding money
now? X-Box is the latest example.  Losses doubled over the previous year
last quarter.  Ragtag rabble rousers on the Internet are kicking their
frigging asses all over the server market.  Kicking ass.  MS lost the
server for good with MS SQL slammer and their own inability to patch their
own products.

Anywhere they go where they are not in a position to force the product down
their customers throats, they fail. They buy companies like Borland because
they still occassionally produce good software.

Sorry, Peter.  You've not made anything close to a convincing argument. Go
find a success story off the desktop or office twin monopolies.  And note
that Office was built not on the glory of its prowess but on top of the
desktop.

They produce shitty products. Their security is the joke of the industry.
They are clueless unless they are lying.










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